On 6 May 2024 16:19 -0400, from monn...@iro.umontreal.ca (Stefan Monnier): >> Is there some package, or a simple workaround, that will allow me to use >> a basic Emacs without all the cruft? > > I think the usual answers look like: > > - Use Zile (or some other small Emacs-inspired editor).
mg and jove might be other alternatives; all of these appear to have minimal dependencies. On a fairly small Bookworm installation (standard and ssh-server tasks installed, and otherwise out-of-the-box): # apt-get -s install zile Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libgee-0.8-2 The following NEW packages will be installed: libgee-0.8-2 zile 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst libgee-0.8-2 (0.20.6-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) Inst zile (2.6.2-2+b1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) Conf libgee-0.8-2 (0.20.6-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) Conf zile (2.6.2-2+b1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) # apt-get -s install mg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: mg 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst mg (20221112-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) Conf mg (20221112-1 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) # apt-get -s install jove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: aspell ctags | emacs-bin-common The following NEW packages will be installed: jove 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst jove (4.17.5.1-2 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) Conf jove (4.17.5.1-2 Debian:12.5/stable [amd64]) # You could also try with --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests to apt-get install; but there's no denying that present-day Emacs is fairly heavy-weight. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se “Remember when, on the Internet, nobody cared that you were a dog?”
